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What does Numbers 21:26 mean?

Heshbon had been the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites. He had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. Numbers 21:26 - Modern Text Bible

(This explains why Sihon controlled Heshbon—he’d already conquered it from Moab before Israel arrived.)